What is a subordinate clause? Syntactic constructions differ in the number of grammars
higher basics. A simple sentence contains one set of main terms, and a complex one has two or more. The subordinate clause can only be in a complex sentence (SPP). In the design of the NGN, there is always the main part, from which in most cases you can ask a question to the dependent. That is, a subordinating relationship arises between them.
A formal sign of a subordinate clause in NGN is the presence of a means of grammatical connection (union or allied word), as well as the impossibility of breaking away from the main one without losing or distorting the meaning.
Types of subordinate clauses
There are four kinds of dependent clauses in NGN: adjunctive, attributive, explanatory, and adverbial.
NGN with adverbial clauses is the most difficult type of complex sentences to learn.
This group of dependent parts is heterogeneous in composition. The questions asked from the main part to the adverbial clause are exactly the same as those of the minor member of the sentence of the same name.
10 types of adverbial clauses
Mode of action
This type of adverbial clause answers the questions: "How?", "In what way?"
The summer days went by so fast that we unwittingly sped up along with them.
Degrees and measures
To dependent sentences in this case, you can ask questions: "To what extent?" "To what extent?", "To what extent?"
Kashtanov lied so convincingly that everyone believed his stories.
Time
As the name implies, this adverbial clause indicates the moment of the event. Their typical questions are: "When?", "How long?", "Since when?"
When morning came, the camp town began to revitalize.
Places
This type of clause often refers to one predicate in the main part, less often to the entire sentence. "Where?", "From where?", "Where?" - basic questions of this type.
From where we go, it will be problematic to return on foot.
Goals
In NGN, the adverbial clause reflects the specification of the action taking place in the main sentence, in terms of the final result. In other words, the construction answers the question:"Why?"
To become strong, you need to train hard.
Conditions and concessions
Dependent sentences of these types are similar to each other in that in both cases the adverbial meaning is determined by something: the action occurs "thanks" or "despite".
If you find time, come visit.
Although the sun has long since set, the heat has not subsided.
Comparisons
In NGN with a relative adverbial comparison, such a dependent part explains the content of the main one with the help of conjunctions: "like", "as if", "as if", "exactly".
The ice on the river split as if a huge mirror had cracked.
Consequences
Dependent parts indicate the result or conclusion from the events taking place in the main sentence. The adverbial clause of this type is easy to recognize by the conjunctions "so" and "therefore".
The wind howled louder than usual, so I fell asleep only in the morning.
Reason
The last type of dependent adverbial parts answers the question: "Why?" Most often, the subordinate clause of the reason is attached to the main one with the help of conjunctions "because", "because", "because of the fact that" and a number of others.
Maria began to get ready to go home, because the first street lights were lit.
It is worth noting that in order to determine the type of the clause, it is important not only to ask the right question, but also to determine the syntactic meansconnections. Often it is the subordinating conjunction that suggests the type of NGN.
